I just can’t imagine why anyone would accuse a party devoted to protecting rapists and domestic assailants from the course of justice of waging a war on women. Can you?

I’m not generally a big fan of Cato the Censor, but if I were Nancy Pelosi I’d suggest that every speech by a Democrat, on any topic, end with the sentence “And, Mr. Speaker, I’d also like to know why the House was not allowed to vote on the Violence Against Women Act.”

When your opponent builds a gallows, ties a noose, sticks his head in it, stands on the trapdoor, and smiles, it’s just plan bad manners not to do your bit to speed him on his way. I haven’t looked closely at the map, but I’d bet that a bunch of the voters in the seats we need to flip to take control in 2014 are women, and that relatively few of those women are fans of rape and domestic violence.